1 Timothy 1:8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:13

You came down also upon Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 7:16

Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self,

Galatians 3:21

Is the law then opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could make alive, then righteousness would indeed come through the law.

2 Timothy 2:5

And in the case of an athlete, no one is crowned without competing according to the rules.